# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode delivery failures across terminal backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern Bot Mode message delivery breaking on specific execution environments, including Windows and Docker/remote terminal backends. The group covers a reported failure and related fix attempts targeting those backend routing issues.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #96631. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #96631 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #95568: Windows: native Bot Mode message_agent routes host runner through terminal backend and fails with exit 127

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96631: fix(bot-mode): deliveries no longer break on Docker/remote terminal backends (salvage #95603)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_task_cwd.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#95603: fix(bot-mode): restore Windows Bot-to-Bot deliveries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `dd401e0f1`, `#96631`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #96631 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.